Israel's parliamentarians to vote on anti-Netanyahu government on June 13th

Following weeks of political haggling, Israel's parliament will vote on whether to form a "change" coalition government and terminate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year reign.

Speaker Yariv Levin, a Netanyahu supporter, announced the date for the confidence vote on Tuesday, saying "a special session of parliament" will discuss and vote on the fragile eight-party coalition.

Levin in a statement said, "The debate and vote on the new government will take place Sunday, June 13, 2021 during a special session of parliament."

If the alliance, which is united solely by its opposition to Netanyahu's authority, wins a majority in the crucial vote, it will be the end of a decade-long era. For more than a decade, the contentious incumbentadministration has dominated Israeli politics, driving it firmly to the right.

Three right-wing, two centrist, and two left-wing parties, as well as an Arab Islamic conservative party, make up the anti-Netanyahu alliance.

It has a slim majority on paper, although Netanyahu has pushed his loyalists to shame the party's right-wing legislators into re-joining the fold under his leadership.

Israeli security agencies issued an unusual warning against incitement online, which Netanyahu's opponents claim was a warning to the prime minister, following bitter recriminations amongst the Israeli right and extreme right.

Netanyahu has been attempting to sabotage the coalition by luring right-wing defectors unwilling to cooperate with left-wing and Arab legislators.

If the new government is approved, Netanyahu's right-wing opponent Naftali Bennett will serve as prime minister for two years, following which Yair Lapid, the "change" coalition's centrist architect, will take over.